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Crisis numbers in Qatar
- National Mental Health Helpline, 16000 option 4: Tel: 16000, then, in HMC's wording, "choose option 4 for Mental Health".
- AMAN Centre 919, for women and children affected by violence: Tel: 919 | Tel: 0097444090999, as the centre prints it, also printed as "+974 44090999". | WhatsApp: 33850022, answered, in the centre's wording, "24 hours a day". The centre's own premises keep shorter office hours; the hotline and WhatsApp are the 24-hour channels.
- All crisis lines in Qatar
Qatar has 13 therapists listed on TherapyRoute, including clinical psychologists, counselling psychologists and counsellors.
At a glance
- Therapists listed
- 13 (Clinical Psychologists 6, Counselling Psychologists 3, Counsellors 1, Psychologists 1, Psychotherapists 1). Professions given by 12 of them.
- How they see clients
- in person 1 (8%), online 6 (46%), online and in person 6 (46%).
- Languages
- English 92%, Arabic 69%, French 31%, Hindi/Urdu 23%, Marathi 8%.
- Who they work with
- Adults, Adolescents, Couples, Families, Individuals, Children, Parents.
The summary above sets out how the practitioners listed across Qatar differ from one another. If you know where you want to be seen, the city pages below each carry that place's own list. Filtering for practitioners who work online shows everyone in Qatar available by video, wherever they are based. Two or three enquiries is normal, and a first conversation is where most people decide.
Cities in Qatar with therapists listed
A therapist who practises in more than one city is listed under each.
Places with a therapist and no page of their own yet (2)
These are recorded against a therapist on TherapyRoute and have no listing page yet, so there is nothing to send you to and no count we can stand behind.
Ar Rayyan, Umm Salal Mu Ammad
Qatar licenses its health practitioners through one national authority, the Department of Healthcare Professions at the Ministry of Public Health. Clinical psychologists, psychotherapists and psychiatrists all fall under it, so a single licensing question covers the titles a Qatari listing is most likely to carry.
The registry records the department as the sole licensing authority in the state, which makes the licence itself the right thing to ask a practitioner about. You can start from the Department of Healthcare Professions practitioner search.
What a session costs varies with training, setting and where the practice is. See how to think about the cost of therapy.
Real choice. Authentic, independent, clinician-led care.
TherapyRoute is a clinician-led directory that champions independent practitioners who answer to you and their professional ethics, not to investors or corporate interests. We don't take commissions, sell your data, or assign therapists by algorithm. You browse, compare, and choose.
Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)
TherapyRoute is not for emergencies and does not provide medical advice. All of our content is informational and cannot replace professional healthcare. In an emergency, contact a local emergency service. For immediate support, consider a local helpline.
